Airship.



R R. WATERMAN.

vMRSHIP. l APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1910

Patented Nov. 7,1911l 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

R. R. WATERMAN.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1910.

1,007,827." v PatentdNov. fr', 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

` turn the air ship counter-clockwise and restore it to' the proper position desired by,

the aviator. If the air ship becomes unbalanced laterally in a counter-clockwise direction, the aviator will correct this unbalapced condition by pushing with the right foot on the lever 12 which will pull both rds 14 and 16 forwardly, th'ereby adjusting planes 10 and 11 into position oppositelto that ust described which will have the effect of turning the ship in a clockwise direction as it moves along. A cross bar 18- extends between the side bars 1 of the main frame and is provided with a bearing19 in which is journaled a steering rod 20,.at the rear end of lwhich isfan steering wheel 21, the steering `rod 2O being also slidable in the bearing 19.' The steering rod 20 near its front end passes slidably through a rock arm 22 shown inl detail 'in Fig.A 3, the steering rod 20 Lhaving a feather' 23 which slides in 'a corresponding'groove/'in the arm 22 and causes the arm 22 to oscillate when the steering rod 20 ,is turned, at the same time permitting the steering rod 20 to be moved longitudinally through the arm 22, the latter being held from longitudinal movementY by a bracket 24, thelatter permitting the` arm 22 to freely oscillate. Pivoted to the lower ends of the front frame .'3 is a horizontalrudder 25, and piveted to theupper ends of the frame 3 is a horizontal rudder 26, both rudders 25 and 26 being connected together by fourconnections 27, so that the twov rudders move in unisonand 'are kept in parallelism. -The two rudders *which is connected by a link 29 with a ball.

are operated by sliding the steering rod 20 longitudinally, the front end of the steering rod 20Vl having a ball andsocket joint28 and socket joint 30 on the upper endfof an arm 31 which projects up' from the rudder 25 and is rigidly attached thereto, so that by pushing forward on the steering rod 2() thellower rudder 25 will have its front edge moved downwardly and its rear edge moved upwardly, and at the same timertheconnections 27 impart a simi-lar movement to the upper rudder 26. "By retracting the steering rod 2() the rudders 25 and 26 will v be adjusted in the opposite direction which will result in giving an upwarddirection of movement-to the air ship, the downward direction of movement being given to the air ship by pushing forward on the steering rod which depresses the front edges of rudders 25 and 26. Pivotally supported in the front frame 3 is a vertical rudder which has a cross arm 33, to each end ot which a flexible connection 34 is attached, each connection 34 passing over a pulley and being connected to a spring extension 36 which is connected to the arm 22," so that as the steering rod 20 is turned in either direction, and the arm 22 turns therewith, the latter will act through the connections 36 and 34 to turn the cross arm 33 and vertical rudder 32. As the arm 22 moves in'a plane at right angles to the plane of movement of the cross arm 33 there is some-difference in distance linearly between the connections on each side of the arm 22 and cross arm 33 when the arm 33 has been moved in either direction from a central position, although when in central position the linear distance through each connection on' each side is the same.

In order to allow for this dilference in dis- Y tance, I provide'the spring extensions 36.

Lateral steering is aiforded by the vertical Vmoved to the right the air ship will be guided to the right.

I provide wheels 37 which are supported by springs 38 under the main planes at the rear while at the front I provide a wheel 39 which is carried on a fork 40, the latter being pivoted to the lower end of a column 41 so that the fork 40 is capable of' an oscillatory motion which allows the wheel 39 to rideover obstructions without imparting undue vibration or jolt to the air ship, a compression spring 42 being provided between the column 41 and a rod 43 which extends through the. column 41 and is connected to the fork 40. The wheel 39 is thus cushioned with respect to the frame ofthe air ship, and in addition to 'the fore-- going advantages which Iit possesses is also of great value in alighting, as, even though the, wheel 39 strikes the ground with considerable force,` the air ship will notbe severely shaken as the greater force 'of the shock will be absorbed by the spring 42.

What I claim is In an air ship, an upper main plane and a lower main plane connected together, propelling mechanism therefor, a vertical shaft extending below the lower plane, and another vertical shaft extending concentrically with the first shaft through both main planes, a balancing plane connected. to the upper shaft above the upper plane, a balancing plane connected to the lower shaft below the lower plane, an arm projecting .from the uppergshaft, an arm projecting www? 3 mft in in direction apposita when the t v0 shafts are in ai' position? a {Gotk-wr pix# 1 L Mammal plane, and a y @zich of arms to subpoint 0n said foot haver.

set my hand at Upan, California, this 27th day of June, 1910.

RUSSELL RUFFUS WATERMAN.

n presence of* LEU E VVMGHT, EVA M. GERRY. 

